Tired of blind dates and misbegotten match-ups, Debra Daniels is about to learn that the bogus boyfriend-in-a-box of "Fianc at Your Fingertips" is not so bogus, and he's the best thing she's ever unwrapped. Original.
I told a judge I was engaged to my best friend. Now we’re faking it. How hard can it be? My life has room for exactly two women: my daughter Rusty and my best friend Charlotte — known to everyone as Charlie. One is a feisty, tomboyish firecracker. The other is my seven-year-old. I can’t imagine life without either. So when my ex springs a custody hearing on me, I find myself telling the judge that I’m engaged to Charlie. The only problem? I’m not. Time to fake an engagement. Pretending we’re a couple will be no big deal. We’ve been friends for years. We used to sneak cigarettes behind the bleachers. We turned cans of hairspray into flamethrowers. We got drunk on stolen malt liquor. She’s beautiful, vivacious, spontaneous, and she loves my daughter to death. It’s the perfect answer: we fake it for a few months, then go back to our lives. Until we touch, and sparks fly. Until I can’t take my eyes off her. Until I can’t stop thinking about what she’s got on under her coveralls. It takes one kiss. One touch. One shared secret and suddenly, I’m not pretending anymore. I want her, I need her in ways I didn’t know I could. But there’s a lifetime of friendship between us, and falling in love with Charlie could mean risking everything. Best Fake Fiance is the second book in the Loveless Brothers series, and can be read as a total standalone. It's for fans of high-heat, low-angst romantic comedies and anyone who loves a single dad who gets fake engaged. This one's got tons of sibling banter, a big family, an adorable kid who never gives her dad a break, all the friends-to-lovers swoon you can handle, and a small town where everyone knows everything. It's steamy, hilarious, and it's got an HEA. (And yes, it bangs.) This series is for fans of Karla Sorenson, Meghan Quinn, Melanie Harlow, Cate C Wells, and Pippa Grant.
Sophia Pirelli had long ago turned her back on small-town life—until a stint in the big city left her unemployed and pregnant! Facing her family might be the hardest thing she's ever done…next to facing the man who'd betrayed her all over again. TO PERFECT MATCH? At first, Jake Cameron's fling with Sophia had been strictly business—investigating the pretty housekeeper's background for her wealthy employer was as routine as it got. But business turned deliciously personal—and incredibly complicated. Now he was determined to win back Sophia's heart, even if it meant helping her reunite with her family by pretending to be her fiancé! Soon the pretend engagement had Jake wondering if he had what it took to become a family man after all….
A temporary arrangement… Kelli Barnett invented a partner to avoid her parents’ matchmaking schemes. So, when her boss Mac Taylor—the man whose kisses once made her melt—offers to step in as her fiancé for a family wedding, Kelli snaps up his offer! Widower Mac believes himself incapable of loving again. Until playing Kelli’s fiancé at the beautiful island retreat throws his senses into overdrive. But Mac must learn to let go of the past for this fake relationship to have a real future…
He has a million followers, but she’s #TheOne There are a million reasons why I shouldn’t ask Audrey to pretend to be my fiancée. For starters: She’s my best friend’s sexy little sister. She’ll have to travel around the world with me. The paparazzi will eat her alive. So will I. But I also have a million followers on social media who think we’re already engaged, and there are millions of dollars at stake. So what have I got to lose? A Model Fiancé is a hot, humorous, full-length, standalone contemporary romance. Happy ending guaranteed (more than one), but the last one will make you cry. Don't say I didn't warn you!
“YOU WANT ME TO POSE AS YOUR BRIDE? BEEN THERE, DONE THAT—AND I’M NOT DOING IT AGAIN!” —Kate Stockwell on a shocking “proposal” A surge of raw emotion rocked Kate Stockwell—her brothers had enlisted her ex-fiancé to spearhead the search for their long-lost mother! Years ago, the marriage she and Brett Larson had planned with such youthful enthusiasm had been crushed beneath the weight of the Stockwell name. In an ironic twist, Brett now commanded that Kate play his bride—a role she’d imagined millions of times. But now her “groom” was at a distance too dangerous for Kate. For proximity sparked passion…and a moment in Brett’s arms could reveal her secret longing to rekindle their love, this time forever….
A fake engagement seems like the perfect solution for struggling teacher Ava Matthews and scandal-ridden CEO Daniel Moretti in USA TODAY bestselling author Stefanie London’s fourth Close Quarters story! I may be a barely employed, soon-to-be-homeless teacher/waitress, but that doesn’t mean I’ll marry any creep my mum brings around. Some guys like short and curvy! And I haven’t given up on the dream—the love of a man who makes me hotter than a Melbourne summer night. Getting caught in a supply closet with CEO Daniel Moretti is the cherry on top of my day from hell…until the heat in his dark eyes makes me want to rip off my spaghetti-sauce-stained catering uniform. Daniel can’t risk more salacious rumors, so he proposes a deal—I agree to be his fake fiancée and he’ll help me get back on my feet. Moving in to Daniel’s luxurious loft puts us in close quarters. And it’s not long before we’re saying yes all night long! But Daniel wants nothing to do with passionate love, and I won’t settle for anything less. Could a fake engagement lead to true love…or am I only fooling myself? Take control. Feel the rush. Explore your fantasies—Harlequin DARE publishes sexy romances featuring powerful alpha males and bold, fearless heroines exploring their deepest fantasies. Close Quarters Book 1: Faking It Book 2: The Fling Book 3: The Rebound Book 4: The Fiancé Book 5: The Player
Nick Cooper wants to avenge his parents’ deaths and he’ll do anything to destroy his enemy—even proposing a fake engagement to the man’s niece. She’s got the social connections he needs to finally force the man into a no-win deal. But he doesn’t count on the powerful attraction between them. Now he’s got to fight his desire before she realizes just how far he’ll go to damage her family. Madeline Wainwright wants to build her career and run a community art center for low-income students. After a corporate magnate buys up the property she’s using, she’s determined to stop the wrecking ball at all costs. So she agrees to the CEO’s fake engagement deal to save her center. Still, there’s nothing fake about the heat flaring between them. Now they have to choose if they’re loyal to their causes—or each other…
In this contemporary romance, a little white lie at a destination wedding has a sexy mafia playboy hoping he can be more than friends with a sweet florist. Pretend to be Jenna LeBlanc’s lover? Heck, Mac O’Shea has dreamed about being the real thing for years. Yes, they share a deep attraction, but they’ve agreed to “just be friends.” After all, Jenna wants forever, and Mac’s questionable family business means he’s not the settling down type. He would never bring an innocent like Jenna into his dark world. But the mafia playboy can’t resist the chance to touch her, to taste her—even if it’s only a ruse for her sister’s tropical wedding. It’s just a week . . . in paradise . . . with a woman he desperately wants. Nothing will change between them. Right? “Jules Bennett writes wonderfully romantic, emotional stories . . . guaranteed to grip your heart.” —New York Times–bestselling author Lori Foster
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